Stephen Strasburg’s wife Rachel Lackey

Stephen Strasburg’s wife Rachel Lackey Strasburg is one of the many fond memories he’ll be taking away from college. Yes, he assembled one of the most prolific stat lines in college history, but, he also took care of business off the diamond as well. Because, Stephen Strasburg’s wife came into his life during his time at SDSU as well.

Stephen and Rachel Strasburg married January 9, 2010. The wedding took place near Strasburg’s San Diego home. Due to the wedding, the rookie ace got a pass to skip out on his first batch of offseason publicity appearances to accommodate the wedding and subsequent honeymoon. Both were planned in advance of his record contract signing in 2009. And, really, who wants to upset Stephen Strasburg’s wife? He’s the franchise!

Strasburg missed out on Nationals Rookie Career Development Program, Winter Caravan and Natsfest. GM Stan Kasten was quick to defend the decision. He explained to the Washington Post,

Strasburg rarely discusses his private life. Though, he has previously acknowledged how important Rachel is to him. But Rachel was also part of the fiber of his journey through from college to the pros, telling Dave Shenin also of the Post: “She’s my best friend, I can’t imagine her not being here.”

Aside from that, there’s not a lot of information about Rachel widely available. Strasburg is typically private with the media. But, his desire for privacy was never more obvious than his introductory press conference. Rules for the press conference made it explicitly clear:

It’s my understanding that she is a fellow athlete, so hopefully she can provide support that a “major league” wife might not. He is certainly going to have a juggernaut career. Was at his Nats debut last night and he was unbelievable.

AA wife Strasburg is only going to be unfaithful for years because he simply got married way way to young how can you possibly know what you want at that age, good luck to them both, lots of heart ache to follow

it’s refreshing to see a baseball wife/girlfriend who doesn’t have bleach blonde or jet black hair, a fake tan, fake boobs and half-naked pictures all over the internet for once. she’s a very pretty girl. she looks like kate middleton.

okay, all of you haters can just stop. Rachel and Stephen are my cousins and you are all being rude and terrible. they are the happiest they could be right now & if you really knew them, you would agree with me.

[…] Confirmed, at least partially. Mary Claire only got to ask the one question, and perhaps it’s for the best. Go out on a high note. D.C. Sports Bog covered a few other entertaining episodes at the Nats fan fest, including an epic Wheel of Fortune-style game where Bryce Harper took first place (of course), and Name That Tune with Jayson Werth that featured teammates intro music. Sounds like the Nats know how to have fun. […]